From a source to The Brussels Times, “While Audi does not officially comment, internal sources say battery deliveries are not going as planned. According to the same sources, the manufacturer is postponing the next electric car from Audi, the e-tron Sportback production to 2020.”

The batteries come from LG Chem and the Times reports that because of its dominant position (it sells batteries to several manufacturers) it’s pushing up prices. Slow deliveries of electric motors are also to blame, due to a recent strike at the Audi plant in Hungary.

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Currently the plant is running six hours a day instead of eight, and it plans to move to a four-day work week soon. Deliveries were scheduled for four to five months, now they’re closer to six or seven months.

"Not an exceptional waiting time for an all-new Audi", says Audi's spokesperson in Belgium, Sofie Luyckx. During the Brussels Motor Show in January, delivery times of four to five months were assumed. It is not clear if the two additional months are due to production capacity or high demand (up 15 percent).”